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Sintered 6061 Aluminum vs. C76200 Nickel Silver

Sintered 6061 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while C76200 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is sintered 6061 aluminum and the bottom bar is C76200 nickel silver.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 68
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 25
44
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 83 to 210
390 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 640
1030
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 610
980
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
390
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 200
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
19

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 52
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 170
9.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
29
Density, g/cm3 2.7
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.3
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 1180
310

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
7.8
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 51
20
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.6 to 21
13 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 29
14 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 81
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.8 to 9.4
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 96 to 99.4
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
57 to 61
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.25
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Magnesium (Mg), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11 to 13.5
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
24.2 to 32
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants